Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated film produced por Walt disney Feature Animation, released to theaters on November 23, 1991 por Walt disney Pictures. The story is based on the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête por Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, who was uncredited in the English version of the film but credited in the French version as writer of the novel[2] and also uses some ideas derived from the 1946 French film.[3] It centers around a prince who is transformed into a Beast and the beautiful young woman whom he imprisons in his castle.